Which to use
“aportada” is a participle and “apostado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #44,555
- “aportada” frequency rank
- #25,136
- “apostado” frequency rank
- 69691
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | aportada | apostado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino de aportado, participio de aportar. | Bien vestido, aseado. |
Where the eye mixes aportada and apostado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. aportada and apostado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: aportada vs apostado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: aportada is [apoɾˈt̪að̞a] while apostado is [aposˈt̪að̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69691, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
aportada is recorded at frequency rank #44,555, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [apoɾˈt̪að̞a]. apostado is at rank #25,136, tagged as anadj, pronounced [aposˈt̪að̞o].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 69691, this pair ranks #31,422 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of aportada vs apostado
Shared letters: adopt. Private to "aportada": r. Private to "apostado": s.
"aportada" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCV · "apostado" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "aportada" for "apostado" ever safe?
Which is more common, "aportada" or "apostado"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "aportada" and "apostado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "aportada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "apostado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #31,422 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "aportada" and "apostado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aportada vs aportadas". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #31,422 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.